Sash-cord guide



W. S. GREENING.

S'ASH 00m) GUIDE. M

Patented July 3, 1883.

(Model.)

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WINFIELD S. GREENING, OF DECATUR, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO DAVID BLALOOK, OF MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

SASH-CORD GUIDE.-

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 280,609, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed January 15, 1883. (Model.)

" ING, a resident of the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash- Cord Guides, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and effective sash-cord guide that can be attached to a window-frame at a nominal expense, and by means of which the weights may be adjusted to operate at various positions relative to the sides of said frame.

My invention consists in a metallic arm provided with a longitudinal slot that carries a pair of adjustable guide-pulleys provided with a rabbeted face-plate that fits between the sashpulley frames, and provided with a combined brace and anchor that rests in a groove in the studding and supports the arm both vertically and horizontally.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device as attached to a window-frame, said frame and adjacent studding appearing in section, and but one cord and weight being shown. ,Fig. 2 is a top view of my device. Fig. 3 is a section 011 dotted line 00 a: in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the casing on dotted line y y in Fig. 1, showing the top of an end of my device.

a is the arm, provided with slota, in which pulleys b b are adjustably supported.

I) b are bolts that secure pulleys b b in-position on thearm, and by means of which said pulleys are adjusted.

c is a combined brace and anchor that rests in groove 0, and prevents any lateral disadjustment in the arm. 7

(Z is the face-plate that closes the opening through which arm a is inserted.

d d are rabbets on face-plate d, in which the edges of the sash-pulley frames 0 e fit, and by means of which the arm is secured longi= tudinally.

f is the cord, and 9 the weight ordinarily used.

h is the casing or jamb of the window-frame.

t is the studding.

m is the opening through which arm a is inserted.

In attaching my device to a window,- Istart a two-inch hole directly in the center of the ordinary position of the sash-pulleys, and continue the same through casing and studding until a space sufficient to admit arm a is cleared. Then I form slot 0 and countersink the face of the jamb to' receive the face-plate d and pulleys e 6. My cords are then placed in position in the pulleys, the weights pushed through the opening 122, arm a placed in position, and the whole secured by pulley-frames e e, which are fitted and attached in the ordinary man- 1161.

In case it is found necessary to use aweight so heavy that by its extreme length it cannot be made to pass through opening an, I substitute a series of short weights, as indicated in the drawings. As the distance between the sides of awindow-frame and the adjacent studding is not uniform, and as the width of the studding varies, it follows that a practical sashcord guide must have its guide-pulleys so con structed as to be easily adjusted.

w In my device, when the position and size of the studding are ascertained, and the proper b are readily adjusted by means of bolts 1) b in slot 0.

It will be noticed that the vertical sides of arm a approach each other toward the rear end of the same. This arrangement has the effect of bringing the pulleys b I) close together, so that the weights can operate without danger of coming in contact with the walls. As the weights have a tendency to force pulleys b b outward, it is apparent that the beveled construction of said arm above mentioned is of utility in as- I do not use any screws or substitutes in attaching' my device, but simply rely on the ordinary sash-pulley frames to hold the same in position.

I claim- Arm a, provided with slot a, support 0, and. face-plate d, in combination with pulleys III), as and for the purpose set forth.-

. \VINFIELD SCOTT GREENING.

.Witnesses:

JACOB B. BULLARD, CHARLES CLINTON RADOLIFF.

position of the weights established, pulleys I) sisting the bolts in overcoming said tendency. 

